Category: Asia

SC, CENTRE UNDERMINING MINORITIES’: MAHMOOD MADANI’S REMARKS ON ‘JIHAD’, ‘GHAR WAPSI’ TRIGGER POLITICAL STORM

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Tue 02 December 2025: Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (JUH) president Maulana Mahmood Madani has sparked a nationwide debate with his sharp criticism of the Supreme Court, the central government, and what he described as a “systematic campaign” to target India’s Muslim community. Speaking at a JUH gathering in Bhopal, Madani accused constitutional institutions of failing minorities and […]

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OVER 1,140 DEAD AS DEVASTATING FLOODS SWEEP INDONESIA, SRI LANKA, AND THAILAND

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Tue 02 December 2025: The death toll from the ongoing floods and landslides in four countries in South and Southeast Asia climbed to over 1,400, as hundreds are still missing amid continued search and rescue operations, according to data shared by local governments. Unprecedented floods, landslides, storms, and cyclones have wreaked havoc across Indonesia, Malaysia, […]

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BANGLADESH COURT SENTENCES OUSTED PM HASINA TO 21 YEARS IN LANDMARK CORRUPTION TRIAL

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Thu 27 November 2025: A special judge court in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on Thursday sentenced exiled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 21 years in prison in absentia in three corruption cases tied to alleged irregularities in allocating plots in the Purbachal New Town project. This marks the first corruption verdict against Hasina since she […]

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HONG KONG REELS FROM DEADLIEST HIGH-RISE BLAZE IN DECADES: 55 KILLED, 279 STILL MISSING

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Thu 27 November 2025: Hong Kong on Thursday said that it has contained its deadliest fire in decades – a blaze that tore through a residential complex in Tai Po, killing 55 people and leaving 279 others unaccounted for. Hong Kong’s Chief Executive John Lee said that the fires in the seven buildings have been […]

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ETHIOPIA’S HAYLI GUBBI VOLCANO DISRUPTS FLIGHTS ACROSS INDIA

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Tue 25 November 2025: Volcanic ash from the Ethiopian Hayli Gubbi volcano has affected the air traffic in India since Monday, with several flights canceled. At least seven international flights were cancelled, and over 10 overseas flights were delayed at the Delhi airport on Tuesday due to the ash plumes, according to the Press Trust of India. Air India […]

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EXTREME HEAT THREAT TO ENGULF 90% OF SOUTH ASIA’S POPULATION BY 2030

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Tue 25 November 2025: According to a new World Bank report released on Monday, by 2030, around 90% of people in South Asia could face extreme heat risks, while nearly 25% may be vulnerable to severe flooding. The report, titled “From Risk to Resilience: Helping People and Firms Adapt in South Asia,” based on case […]

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CHINA SENDS SPACECRAFT TO PICK UP STRANDED ASTRONAUTS

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Tue 25 November 2025: Beijing carries out emergency launch to relieve space station crew left without working return capsule. China has rushed to launch an uncrewed spacecraft to relieve three astronauts left on board the Tiangong space station without a passage to Earth. State broadcaster CCTV showed a Long March-2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou-22 spacecraft lifting […]

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AFGHANISTAN ACCUSES PAKISTAN OF BOMBING KHOST: 9 CHILDREN, 1 WOMAN KILLED

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Tue 25 November 2025: Government spokesman says the attack in Khost destroyed a civilian home, killing five boys, four girls and a woman. At least nine children and a woman have been killed after Pakistani forces bombed a house in the country’s southeastern Khost province, according to Afghan authorities. Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman for the […]

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3 TROOPS, 3 MILITANTS KILLED IN SUICIDE ATTACK ON SECURITY FORCES HEADQUARTERS IN PESHAWAR

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Mon 24 November 2025: All three suicide bombers and as many security personnel were killed in an attack on the headquarters of the paramilitary force in the northwestern city of Peshawar, Pakistan, on Monday morning, a senior police official said. “Initially, three militants tried to attack the headquarters. One terrorist blew himself up at the […]

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BANGLADESH SENDS EXTRADITION REQUEST TO INDIA FOR FUGITIVE EX-PREMIER SHEIKH HASINA

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Sun 23 November 2025: Bangladesh has once again asked India to hand over former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was sentenced to death in absentia on Nov. 17 for ordering a crackdown on a student-led uprising last year, an adviser said on Sunday. Bangladesh sent an official letter to India on Friday, seeking the return […]

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